Avon

  • Red Heart

    In 2021 the ‘Brooch of the Month’ was the Elizabeth Taylor Heart by Avon.  For 2025 I have another Avon Heart from the 1990s.  Avon began producing jewellery in 1967 with an initial collection entitled ‘The Precious Pretenders’.  This month’s Red Heart is from the Hearts Afire collection produced in 1996. It is made of…

  • Vase of Sunflowers

    This brooch is by Avon, the cosmetic company founded in 1886 and began marketing jewellery in 1971.  For a short period 1980-1984, Avon owned Trifari.  Avon jewellery does not have an identifiable ‘house style’, it was designed with the mass market in mind and is not particularly high quality.  In 2004 Avon began producing an…